Chapter 14: Family Event
Moana

“I’ll pay.”

Ella and I were both shocked when we turned around to see Edrick standing there, credit card in hand, his face covered by sunglasses and a surgical mask.

“Daddy!” Ella exclaimed.

Edrick handed the ice cream salesman his credit card and ruffled Ella’s hair. “Eat your ice cream before it melts,” he said, guiding us away from the stand and the people behind us who were getting quickly annoyed at us for holding up the line to get ice cream.

“I thought you had to work,” Ella said.

“I decided to come home early so I could spend your birthday with you after all,” Edrick replied. “But you weren’t home. Selina told me that you went on an outing…” I couldn’t see his eyes through his sunglasses, but the way his head slowly turned toward me told me everything I needed to know.

Edrick instructed Ella to sit while she finished her ice cream, then he stood next to me and lowered his

had no money?” he asked, his voice

replied. “I haven’t had to take out money in a while. And besides, the driver is close; it would’ve only taken a minute for him to pass me the

nothing else. Ella, who had been listening the entire time, suddenly jumped up from her bench. “This

make her go home, and

“It’s really not safe for

it’s my birthday,” she whined.

little girl, Edrick,” I said quietly. “Let her enjoy her birthday. And please…

a few moments before letting out a deep sigh and crouching to wipe the ice cream off

spent the afternoon walking around the theme park, I couldn’t help but take out my phone to secretly snap some sweet pictures of Ella and Edrick together. It was so sweet watching them play games together, and seeing Ella sitting on Edrick’s shoulders while we walked that I couldn’t help myself. Edrick didn’t seem to mind the photos, either, although I wondered why he was so

much energy, and insisted on one more ride before we went home. I suggested the ferris wheel because

his lap. As we started to go up, now that we were safe from prying eyes, Edrick took off his

the Alpha billionaire needed a fun outing just as much

swayed in the hot summer breeze, and the way that the string lights lit up the park

and peering out over

was looking

me on accident. Soon, the ferris wheel

then got out with Ella in one of his arms. Then, he turned around and

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